By the time the last spirit had departed the room and left the portal, Isis knew that it was not she herself who was holding the portal at its full strength but it was someone else who had come and taken the hold of the throttle from the other end.
Isis had now just one wish that is to collapse on the floor because all her energy and strength had been depleted completely. And she had grown pale and cold and the warmth of life from her body had almost left. Isis knew that this was the moment that she would be breathing her last and she had only one wish which came out as a single word from her mouth since her throat was parched.
“Mother,” was the only word that she could spell out.
“I am here Lia,” came back the voice of her mother from very nearby.
When she heard that voice she knew th
